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Issues & Studies Template

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About the Issues & Studies format

Issues & Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by World Scientific, covering Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics, China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance, International Relations and Foreign Policy.

PublisherWorld Scientific
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (World Scientific)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. Issues & Studies 12, 45–58 (2023).

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Issues & Studies has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inHong Kong and Taiwan Politics China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance International Relations and Foreign Policy Chinese history and philosophy Global trade and economics
ISSN1013-2511
Citation impact (2-yr)0.49
h-index21
i10-index90
Total citations2,999
Top institutions publishing hereMedical Protective
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Papers published in Issues & Studies per year

17
2014
21
2015
21
2016
21
2017
23
2018
21
2019
26
2020
18
2021
19
2022
18
2023
22
2024
18
2025

Citation impact of Issues & Studies by publication year

58
2014
160
2015
166
2016
91
2017
71
2018
120
2019
127
2020
70
2021
63
2022
41
2023
20
2024
3
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Issues & Studies

The Politics of Innovation in China: Local Officials as Policy Entrepreneurs

Jessica C. Teets · 1 Jun 2015

Jn this article, J address the puzzle of what motivates local officials in China to do something new-create a new policy, launch a pilot, adopt an experimental policy-especially when such innovation has uncertain outcomes. Despite the uncertainty and risk, we observe a great deal of policy innovation, both the creation and adoption of experiments, at…

65 citations Go to paper →
New Economic Statecraft: Industrial Policy in an Era of Strategic Competition

Vinod K. Aggarwal, Andrew W. Reddie · 1 Jun 2020

The 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy notes that the United States faces “an increasingly complex global security environment, characterized by overt challenges to the free and open international order and the re-emergence of long-term, strategic competition between nations.” In the ensuing months, much has been made of the security-related aspects of this return to great…

The Increasing Financialization of China’s Urbanization

Thierry Theurillat, James H. Lenzer, Hongyu Zhan · 1 Dec 2016

This paper provides a heuristic framework to address issues about China’s ongoing urbanization in relation to the role of land and built environment as triggers for economic growth and to the increasing financialization of urban production. While a dominant field of literature highlights the interrelation between land and capital within a specific institutional setting between…

The Political Consequences of the Electoral System: Single Nontransferable Voting in Taiwan

Yeh-Lih Wang · 1 Aug 1996

In its modern history, Taiwan has adopted the multi-member district, single nontransferable voting (SNTV) system in elections for various public posts. Recent electoral reforms in Japan and South Korea have led to the abandoning of SNTV in those countries, leaving Taiwan as the only country with the system. The SNTV system has been different from…

37 citations Go to paper →

Issues & Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Issues & Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Issues & Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official World Scientific format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Issues & Studies use?
Issues & Studies uses Superscript numbered (World Scientific) references, shown as superscript numerals in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. Issues & Studies 12, 45–58 (2023).
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Issues & Studies?
No. DocuGuru generates the ws-ijmpa LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a World Scientific-ready Issues & Studies document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Issues & Studies template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Issues & Studies format with correct headings, figures, tables, and superscript citations.
Who publishes Issues & Studies?
Issues & Studies is a physics journal published by World Scientific. DocuGuru's Issues & Studies template matches World Scientific's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Issues & Studies PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Issues & Studies template (the ws-ijmpa class) that is ready to submit to World Scientific, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Issues & Studies template cost?
You can start writing in the Issues & Studies template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Issues & Studies PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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